Show OLD WAS PULLED DOWN Engineer in City and County Coun Coun- ty Building Orders Elevator Elevator Eleva Eleva- tor Boys Boy's Patriotic Dis Display Display Dis- Dis play Removed Take down these flags you have made this elevator look like a Chinese ten-cent ten shop This command made by E. E S S. S Case engineer in tho city and county build building log ing in surprised and and shocked Howard King the elevator operator yesterday operator yesterday afternoon n In honor of Fourth of July King Kind had decorated the elevator with a number of small flags What was lacking inartistic in inartistic inartistic artistic arran arrangement ement was more than offset by patriotic fervor Passengers ers complimented the operator on his good work All went well until the engineer appeared and then in obedience to orders orders orders or or- ders ders Old Glory was pulled down I 1 want it understood that I have nothing to do with the elevator said Charles V. V Anderson custodian of the building this morning Had I its control the the lla flags would would have remained A display of flags at such times in the he year as the he present is a source source of pride and gratification to me I always fly flags on my house on the Fourth of July and Decoration n. n day Many other persons in hi the building also commented on the incident as showing a flagrant lack of patriotism on the part 0 01 Case and a demand was made that the fla flags be reinstated It is probable that in a few hours Old dory Glory will be ascending in n the elevator elevator elevator ele ele- vator again Case insists that he meant no reflection reflection tion on the flag He says now that he believed a large flag would make mak abet abet- a a. better better bet bet- ter appearance than the several small ones |